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Details of a hand-drawn batik print from Pasais. Pasais WATCH. For Lorenz Saputra, batik should be enjoyed beyond formal occasions.
Batik tulis: This refers to the earliest beginnings of wax-resist dyeing, when batik designs were drawn by hand (“tulis” in Bahasa Indonesia). A stylus with a well for the wax, ...
BATIK workshops offer engaging, ... (hand-drawn batik) designs. Workshop participants can also choose to draw and paint batik designs on cloth bags, which can then be used as shopping bags. ...
Nyonya Oeij Soen King’s cloths were painstakingly hand-drawn ( Tulis) and are characterised by her use of natural dyes and ...
Both of the artisanal methods use wax, but the hand-drawn batik is the more labour-intensive process, where intricate patterns are drawn directly onto the cloth using a tool called a canting, ...